Agenda Item #24

ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-CWA, AFL-CIO

FORTY SIXTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

APRIL 9 – APRIL 11, 2018

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY

SUBJECT:     Petition Clarification (Article III.D.9.a.)

STATEMENT OF QUESTION:

When a recall meeting petition is requested for multiple elected officers, should a separate petition be required for each Local Officer being subjected to recall?

SOURCE AND DATE SUBMITTED:        SPR 78 – March 9, 2018

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Article III.D.9. contains the governing language specific to member petitions pertaining to requesting a meeting to discuss circulation of a recall ballot.  A key provision is that a petition must be clearly marked with a single intended purpose.

As written, this provision is not clear whether a single or multiple petitions are required when the petitioner seeks a recall meeting to discuss the recall of more than one Local Officer.  This provision should be clarified to stipulate that a separate petition is required for each and every Local Officer being subjected to recall.

This clarification will ensure that it is clear to a member being presented with a petition that the petition is for just that individual.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:

WHEREAS, Article III.D.9.a. stipulates that a member’s petition must be clearly marked with a single intended purpose; and,

WHEREAS, when multiple Local Officers are being subjected to the recall process, the single intended purpose would be more clear if separate petitions are completed for each individual subjected to the process;

THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Article III.D.9.a. be amended as follows:

9. Petitions

a. Any member who wishes to circulate a petition must first contact the office of the International Secretary-Treasurer to record the statement of the petition. Any petition that is circulated among members of a Local Council must be clearly marked with a single intended purpose.  If the petition is for the purpose of requesting a Special Local Council meeting to discuss circulation of a recall ballot, then the petition shall be limited to one Local Officer.  The petition bearer shall have sixty (60) days from the date the petition is recorded to submit the final petition to the International Secretary-Treasurer.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all remaining sections of Article III.D.9. remain unchanged.

2018 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FORM

Agenda Item              24

Committee                 8

Subject:  Petition Recall – Single Person (Article III.D.9.)

The Committee recommends the resolution be adopted as proposed.

Signature:      Robert Barrow, Committee Chairperson

Action Taken by the Board:            

Voice      X        Division of the House            Roll Call      

___X___Adopted Unanimously       Date:  4/10/18        Time: 1:43 pm

_______Adopted as Amended

_______Not Adopted

_______Tabled

_______Recommitted to Agenda Committee

_______Withdrawn